Allison Wood

Allison is CEO and co-founder of DaVinci Education, spun out from Duke School of Medicine to help educate the world’s future healthcare professionals. In 2024, DaVinci Education was acquired by Achieve Partners.

Prior to DaVinci Education, Allison held creative and account roles at Grey Advertising in Los Angeles. While raising three children, she managed to squeeze in a local PTA presidency and a few cabaret singing gigs on the side.

In 2018, Allison was named ‘CEO/Founder of the Year’ at American Underground, the Google for Entrepreneurs Tech Hub in Durham, NC. Allison first came to Business of Software Conference as a Council for Entrepreneurial Development scholar in Boston. Post acquisition, she’s been paying it forward by offering mentorship support through CED in Raleigh, NC.